{
  "query": {
    "country": "GB",
    "town": "Westminster",
    "property_type": "any",
    "bedrooms": 2
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "GBP",
    "unit": "per month",
    "value": 3305,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-08-01",
    "to": "2026-08-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-08",
    "note": "Average of all private tenancies in the area (new and existing), so it sits below the rent of a tenancy starting today. Official statistics in development."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T21:31:54.130Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "gb-ons-rents",
    "name": "Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics",
    "publisher": "Office for National Statistics (ONS)",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0 (the ONS states: \"All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated\"); Crown copyright",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics.",
    "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics"
  },
  "method": "England and Wales (ONS Price Index of Private Rents): the average monthly private rent published by the Office for National Statistics for the chosen local authority, region or country, bedrooms or property type, and month. We pass on the published average; it is built from administrative data on rents and covers new and existing tenancies. It is an average, not a range built from individual rents.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The average monthly private rent for two-bedroom homes in Westminster was £3,305, down 0.3% on a year earlier. It averages new and existing private tenancies, so a tenancy starting today usually costs more; one published average, not a range. Official average published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) for 2026-08.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "area": {
      "name": "Westminster",
      "ons_code": "E09000033",
      "kind": "local authority"
    },
    "basis": "bedrooms",
    "annual_change_percent": -0.3,
    "by_bedrooms": {
      "1": 2548,
      "2": 3305,
      "3": 3895,
      "4 or more": 5424
    },
    "by_property_type": {
      "detached": 2908,
      "semi-detached": 2921,
      "terraced": 3810,
      "flat": 2957
    },
    "all_homes": 3196,
    "rent_kind": "average private rent across new and existing tenancies (published statistic, not asking rents)",
    "coverage_note": "England and Wales only; Scotland and Northern Ireland are not used."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_bb2685ece2b2a1a3596a",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-14T21:31:54.131Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  }
}